Lu Yin's gaze sharpened. The Mitian Grand Plan—of course he'd heard of it. He'd only heard it once, but he had heard of it, from Death God.
The last time he contacted Death God, Death God had told him two things. One was that Brown Unknown was Xiang Xue. The second, more important thing, was the Mitian Grand Plan.
But all he'd heard were those four words. There had been nothing else.
Wang Wen smiled. "Looks like you've heard of it. Can you tell me where?"
"Cut the crap." Lu Yin was impatient.
Wang Wen nodded. "All right, then. No matter how much you already know, I'll explain it all. This Mitian Grand Plan came from—Mr. Free and Easy."
Lu Yin was stunned. "Mr. Free and Easy, from the Nine-Layers Era?"
"Oh? So you don't really know about it. You've only heard those four words? Then at least I'm not talking for nothing." Wang Wen clasped his hands behind his back. "That's right, the very same Mr. Free and Easy. The kind of man you couldn't help but admire once you'd met him. A genius who made you feel like an idiot."
Lu Yin didn't interrupt. He had heard Mr. Free and Easy's name many times.
He was one of the people Ancestor Mountain admired most.
A symbol of the Nine-Layers Era.
Wang Wen's voice rang out, gentle but weighted with the heft of history. "The Mitian Grand Plan was devised based on the Three Laws. You heard me right. Your ancestors in the Nine-Layers Era already knew of the Three Laws. That's why the Mitian Grand Plan came into being."
"Actually, even I didn't know that before."
"How do I put it? The Three Laws of the Great Masters include deceiving the heavens and crossing the sea. They're meant